Grand Theft Auto 5 out on PC early 2014

Rockstar will release a PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5 in 2014, Eurogamer understands. Multiple industry sources have indicated the open world game, currently available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, will come out on PC in the first quarter of 2014.

The release plan mirrors that used for Grand Theft Auto 4, which released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 29th April 2008 before launching on PC in December 2008, reports Eurogamer.

A PC release should come as no surprise. In August GPU maker Nvidia's senior director of investor relations Chris Evenden mentioned a PC version of GTA5 during a financial call.

"[PC] gamers are preparing their systems for a strong roster of games coming this fall, including blockbuster franchises such as Call of Duty: Ghosts, Grand Theft Auto 5 and Assassin's Creed 4," he said.

After Evenden's quotes were picked up by press, Nvidia issued Eurogamer a statement saying they were made in error. "Nvidia does not have information on any possible PC version release of Grand Theft Auto or its availability," a spokesperson said. "We deeply regret the error."

When approached for comment, Rockstar pointed us to an "Asked & Answered" session published on the company's Newswire website in July.

"The only versions of the game that we have announced are for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 which are set for a September 17th worldwide release," Rockstar said at the time. "We don't have anything to share about the possibility of a next-gen or a PC platform release at this time and we are completely focused on delivering the best possible experience for the consoles people have right now." Via Eurogamer.

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#4673720 Posted on: 10/11/2013 06:00 PM*Snip* Why else would you we be having this conversation.
*snip*

Well according to Wikipedia, there seems to be this thing called - limited man power! - Which is, im guessing, is why there are staggered releases for a game as giant as GTA V and the fact that R* are having to cater to 5 (PS3,360,PC,PS4,Xbone) platforms for one game and thats a lot of hardware to cater for and if anything could be a bit of an insight that maybe the change in architecture is not that similar to the pc to allow same day launches for our platform as the ps4/xbone.

As for 4k textures, dont ever say 'why bother' when there are modders out there making 4K textures for games like Skyrim etc and the download numbers of said texture mods are constantly growing, probably hourly.

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#4673742 Posted on: 10/11/2013 06:34 PM

...Also, the only good thing imo about GTA4, is driving around and causing mayhem, the story and characters are utter rubbish.

For some reason this sentence reminded of GTA 2! Boy we have come a long way since then...

oLD Skool mayhem!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwkYK85sGZ8

And some cop fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwGvRwrnDr8

Edit: How the hell do we embed video here? Or is it disabled on the forums?

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#4673806 Posted on: 10/11/2013 08:33 PM
Well according to Wikipedia, there seems to be this thing called - limited man power! - Which is, im guessing, is why there are staggered releases for a game as giant as GTA V and the fact that R* are having to cater to 5 (PS3,360,PC,PS4,Xbone) platforms for one game and thats a lot of hardware to cater for and if anything could be a bit of an insight that maybe the change in architecture is not that similar to the pc to allow same day launches for our platform as the ps4/xbone.

As for 4k textures, dont ever say 'why bother' when there are modders out there making 4K textures for games like Skyrim etc and the download numbers of said texture mods are constantly growing, probably hourly.

Sorry bud but I have to laugh.Seems you have a bad day and you want to argue or you just simply hate people who mention torrents...

Limited man power? they spent over 250 million on development. Now if they really need more people am sure they could find a few millions more or spend a few millions less on ads. The way I see it is that the difference between PS4 and Xbone is similar to difference between the PC and any of those consoles.
At least it's much easier to port between them three than it is between Xbox360 and PS3 which have nothing in common..

And 4K textures? I wrote why bother releasing them on the release day and not why bother releasing them altogether. Just what percentage of users have access to 4K? So why force everybody to use extra 50GB of disk space?

Anyway. Had enough for today You haven't changed my view with your comments. Either Rockstar finally do something proper for us PC GAMERS or they can forget to get any money from my wallet.

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#4674010 Posted on: 10/12/2013 05:23 AM

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There is a big difference between boycotting and pirating...

If the game is not released at the date you would like and you pirate it, that is just bringing this platform down/going backwards.

You can't argue with that, it is a fact. Any pirating hurts this community/platform.

I agree if it is not released with next gen that will be unfortunate, but it is no reason to pirate the game upon release.
That just potentially hurts future pc releases and the cycle continues.

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#4674113 Posted on: 10/12/2013 12:30 PM
Said it before in other threads on this:

Rockstar games did not do the PC port for GTA IV and are not doing the port this time either.

My guess is they are working on RDR for next gen, and probably have game engine tools for multi platform (xb1, ps4, PC) development and deployment.

One of the issues with Rockstar games is their usage of multiple tech when developing a game versus someone like DICE who have one unified game engine.

DICE can push a button and get a complied copy of BF4 for ps3/4, xb360/1, PC and this can also be navigated via a web browser/app via mobile/cell/tablet etc.

Rockstar just don't have this capability with their tools and, as impressive as I find GTA V, I fully realise that the development of the game probably resulted in serious amounts of coding migraines due to lack of tools.

It looks like the 360 and ps3 versions were both written (at code level) from the ground up - independently.

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#4674588 Posted on: 10/13/2013 04:35 PM
Early 2014 would be great but I don't think we will see it that close to the consoles' launch.

May-June 2014 seems far more likely to me.

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#4674658 Posted on: 10/13/2013 07:53 PM
All the good things come to those who wait & I can't wait for the pc version :-P .

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#4674807 Posted on: 10/14/2013 01:14 AM

To me it seems that they got something in their pocket to hold up the PC version just to boost sales of "next gen" consoles. They really have forgotten their roots. Can't wait to download a GTA V torrent now! Unless it will be bundled with a Maxwell GPU they won't get any money from me ever again..

It seems like you have forgotten your roots, or well memory. because if you knew anything about the GTA series, you would know that the pc version has ALWAYS been delayed after the console release.

This has been happening since GTA 3, which means it's been 12 years. can you fathom how long 12 years are? if so you wouldn't be spewling **** about rockstar and saying they don't care about the pc market.

They could have completely scrapped GTA IV or made it completely un moddable after the whole hot coffee incident with GTA:SA.
But what did they do? they still released it on pc on time like the previous titles and with full mod support. maybe not so much for ENB, but that's mostly because they reworked the shadows and such in the game with later patches.

So if anything, it's people like you who don't care about the pc market and rather act like a whiny kid because you didn't get to play this on release day. deal with it, it's been happening
For 12 years, you had enough time to get used to it. and plenty of other games comes out 3 or so months after consoles like Assassins Creed. the only difference is Rockstar
Is paid to not make an announcement until shortly before release, where's the harm in that? we all know the game is coming.

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#4674826 Posted on: 10/14/2013 02:15 AM
LOL!

They are where they are today because of the PC crowd, and now they treat us like second class citizens.

I won't be paying for their console port.
^
I'm not buying it either. Just because traditionally it has been released for consoles first doesn't make it right. No doubt the PC version is what they have 90% completed first before they even have most of the resources they need to begin slopping together the console version. They do this try to get more sales thinking piracy is lower on consoles, despite all things pointing to the opposite, and because the console versions typically cost more.

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#4674941 Posted on: 10/14/2013 10:12 AM
im gonna wait forthe performance reviews first before i buy and if any issues ill wait to see how r* respond to requests for patches from the community. if its no more than a week or two(i can possibly wait a month) then ill grab it the week of launch. if patch is more than a month than ill pick it up when price drops from launch price.